In Shakespeare's plays are a story masterfully scripted by text, the sonnets itself holds a different meaning in every line of line, and word for word. Likewise, in the 1.2.13-17 spoken by Lord Capulet is a great example of Shakespeare's great word plays, since understanding his version of english helps shed new light on the tragedy.
In the first line ‘And too soon marr'd are those so early made.’ tells the reader Capulet felt worried Juliet will be of many wives are marrying too early. If we substitute ‘marr’d’ into marry, then it translates And too soon to harm are those so early made.’ . Additionally ‘early made’ those coming of age. Since, made would defined to combine or create so this could either mean the people is speaks about has been married or have become mothers. Changing ‘made’ into ‘married’ ’, it becomes And too soon to harm are those so early we Therefore, introduces his worry about Paris’s proposal to marry Juliet as, it may harm his daughter that she marries at such an early age though …show more content…
In this line, Capulet describes Juliet as his “hopeful lady” of his earth, so Capulet could have been explaining that he has all his hope for Juliet. “my earth:” in the line can mean everything he has known and seen, so “She is the hopeful lady of my earth:” can mean that Juliet is all he has hope for in his life.
The fourth line is describing Capulet’s encouragement for Paris to make Juliet fall in love with Paris. “woo” means to try to gain the love of someone, who in this case is Juliet, so in the first part of the line Capulet is saying But gain the love of Juliet. “get her heart,” describes that Capulet is explaining to Paris to “get her heart”, or make Juliet fall in love with him. Therefore “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,” can means that Lord Capulet is telling Paris to get Juliet to fall in love with him and marry
In the first line ‘And too soon marr'd are those so early made.’ tells the reader Capulet felt worried Juliet will be of many wives are marrying too early. If we substitute ‘marr’d’ into marry, then it translates And too soon to harm are those so early made.’ . Additionally ‘early made’ those coming of age. Since, made would defined to combine or create so this could either mean the people is speaks about has been married or have become mothers. Changing ‘made’ into ‘married’ ’, it becomes And too soon to harm are those so early we Therefore, introduces his worry about Paris’s proposal to marry Juliet as, it may harm his daughter that she marries at such an early age though …show more content…
In this line, Capulet describes Juliet as his “hopeful lady” of his earth, so Capulet could have been explaining that he has all his hope for Juliet. “my earth:” in the line can mean everything he has known and seen, so “She is the hopeful lady of my earth:” can mean that Juliet is all he has hope for in his life.
The fourth line is describing Capulet’s encouragement for Paris to make Juliet fall in love with Paris. “woo” means to try to gain the love of someone, who in this case is Juliet, so in the first part of the line Capulet is saying But gain the love of Juliet. “get her heart,” describes that Capulet is explaining to Paris to “get her heart”, or make Juliet fall in love with him. Therefore “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,” can means that Lord Capulet is telling Paris to get Juliet to fall in love with him and marry